A family is asking for the public’s help finding a driver who, they said, hit a couple and seriously injured a woman while the victims attempted to cross a street in Deerfield Beach.

Speaking with 7News on Tuesday, Jesse Abernathy said he and his girlfriend, 58-year-old Fanny Shindle, were heading home after having dinner at The Cove Waterfront Restaurant and Tiki Bar when they were struck by a vehicle, just before 8:30 p.m. on Aug. 29.

“We both could’ve died,” said Abernathy.

Abernathy believes the driver had to have known they struck two people when they drove off without stopping.

“It was like you hit a squirrel in the road or something, you know. I mean, there’s no way they didn’t know they hit both of us,” said Abernathy.

Abernathy said the pair had been to the restaurant multipl

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